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3, Cat. No. 75371, made by J. A. Tripp, collected for the U. S. Fish 

 Commission by J. T. Brown; 16.5 inches (42 cm.) wide, 15 inches 

 (38 cm.) high.) A lantern used in catching eels and employed by 

 the fishermen of Noank, Conn., in 1876, is triangular in shape and has 

 a triangular lamp of copper fitted with brass, ventilated kerosene 

 burners. The lantern is made of wood and tin and has an inverted 

 pamiikin over the ventilator. (PL 29&, fig. 4, Cat. No. 29365 ; James 

 H. Latham; 21.6 inches (52.5 cm.) wide, 23.2 inches (59 cm.) high.) 

 A lantern for placing on a shelf for illumination of halls, stores, etc., 

 has two reflectors, two tin lamps fitted with brass ventilated burners 

 of the 1865 patent, and flask chimneys of lead glass. It is made of tin 

 painted red and is glazed on three sides. Four ball feet, a wooden 

 handle, and a wire slide to fasten the door are fitted to the specimen. 

 (PI. 29&, fig. 5, Cat. No. 325632, New England; U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion; 17.3 inches (44 cm.) wide, 21.6 inches (55 cm.) high.) A 

 fine specimen of European artistic lantern of the seventeenth century 

 is in the Andrews collections. The lantern was a studio property of 

 the late Eliphalet F. Andrews, the artist, who lived in Washington 

 many years and who studied in Germany. The lantern is of pierced 

 brass with copper facings to hold the glazing of horn or glass. It has 

 three ball feet, a dome turret terminating in a ball, and a circular 

 band handle. The bottom is chased with double eagle design. There 

 is a single candle socket set in the middle of a pan, which is set on a 

 dowell in the middle of the bottom. (PI. 30, fig. 2, Germany ; E. F. 

 Andrews Collection, National Gallery of Art; 21 inches (53 cm.) 

 high, 8.3 inches (24 cm.) diameter.) Lanterns of the Chinese and 

 Japanese enter intimately into the life of the people and reflect the 

 art and taste inlierent in their culture. More forms of the lantern 

 are found in these countries than in any other. A lantern of carved 

 teak shown on Plate 31, Figure 2, was received from the Chinese 

 Conmiission at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876. 

 The carving is painstakingly done and the joining is excellent. The 

 design is evidently from a metal vase. A valence of brocade with 

 heavy fringe hangs from a cornice-like projection. Other tassels, 

 embroidered ornaments, and fringes of silk and beads decorate the 

 lantern. The glasses are decorated with characters and color. The 

 lamp is missing, but evidently was placed in the bottom by the peg 

 and slot method. (Cat. No. 325633, China; Chinese Centennial Com- 

 mission; 43.8 inches (111 cm.) long.) A more familiar Chinese hang- 

 ing lantern has a hexagonal carved wood frame set with various size 

 panes of painted frosted glass. From the six carved arms project- 

 ing from the upper part of the lantern hang streamers of silk with 

 enamel placques bearing silk fringes. The lamp is European. The 

 ratchet head is marked " P " above " Harvard " and below "A." It 



